Washing-machine.



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. WASHING MACHINE.

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N O M O D E L.

PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

Patented March 22, 1904.

PATJENT er on.

CALVIN S. PAGE, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

WASHING-NACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No '755,579, datecl March 22, 1904.

Application filed December 10, 1902. Serial No. 134,'729. (No model.)

To cell whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LCALVIN S. PAGE,a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Poll: and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful lNashing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to combine washing-machine mechansm with a flat base adapted to be used as a cover 'or a washtub of common form as required to close the tub and to subject clothing in the tub to pounding, pressing, and rotating force transmitted thereto by means of continuous rotary motion applied to a horizontal rotatable shaft, a crank-handle on the end of the shaft, and operative devices connected with the shaft and an auxiliary springactuated bottom in the tub.

My invention consists in the Construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, showing a tub and an auXiliary bottom in section and parts of the operative mechanism in section. Fig. 2 is an end View of the duplex pounding and pressing device. Fig. 3 is a detail View showing the connection of one of the uprights of the reciprocating pounding and pressing devices with the base of the machine that serves as a cover for a tub.

The numeral 10 designates the flat wooden base of the operative mechanism and is ad apted to serve as a cover i'or a tub 12.

A metal frame 13, adapted to support rotatable shafts at its top, is mounted on the top of a post 1 1, and the 'rame and post are jointly fixed to the center of the base 10 by means of a bolt 15, extended down through connecting bores and fastened at the bottom of the base by means of a washer and nut or in any suitable way as required to retain the post and frame in a perpendicular position on the base.

Two mating branches 16 of the frame are provided with bearings at their tops to support a horizontally-rotating drving-shaft 17, to which are fixed a bevel gear-wheel 18 and a crank-handle a.

Short rotatable shafts 19 and 20 are mounted in the tops of the branches 21 and 22 of the frame 13, and to each of said shafts is fixed a small bevel gear-wheel 23 and a crank-wheel 2 1 in such a manner that the small wheels Will mesh with the large wheel 18 and rotate in reverse ways when the shaft 17 is rotated by means of the crank-handle a.

The pounder is composed of two straight reciprocating wooden pitmen 25 and 26, pivotally connected with the crank-wheels 24 by means of crank-pins 27 fixed to the wheels and fitted in bearings 28, that slide up and down in slots formed in the bars. The upper ends of the pitmen are provided with bores in which are placed coil-springs 29, that normally retain the bearings at the tops of the slots and serve as cushions that aid in regulating pressure upon clothing when the machine is in operation. Plugs 30 are fixed in the tops of the bores in the pitmen 25 and 26.

Frames adapted for pounding, pressing, and moving clothing on the auxiliary bottom of the tub are composed of straight pieces of board 31, fixed to metal bars 32, bent into angular shape, as shown in Fig. 2, and pivotally connected with the bottoms of the reciprocating pitmen 25 and 26 by means of screws, as shown in Fig. 2, or in any suitable way that allows a limited degree of motion ,to the devices relative to the reciprocating pitmen and clothing upon which they are pressed.

The screws are eXtended through elastic washers, as shown in Fig. 2, to produce such a limited degree of motion, or such pivotal action and limited degree of motion may be provided for in any suitable way as required to produce a yielding pressure for each side of the pounder.

The base 10 is provided with elongated apertures through which the reciprocating rubber-carrying pitmen are extended to be Vibrated in said apertures at the same time they are reciprocated, and metal cases 33, in which are journaled rollers 34:, are fixed over the apertures and provided with openings in 'their tops that coincide with the apcrtures in the base, so that the reciprocating pitmen in 'their motions will be in contact with the rollers as required to facilitate their operation and to reduce friction.

The auxiliary wooden bottom 35 is pro- IOO vided with apertures for the passage of Water and sediment and has leaf-springs 36 fixed to its under side that normally retain it elevated relative to the fixed bottom of a tub and alloW it to be depressed When clothing thereon is subjected to the action of the pounder, as required to coact thereWith in pounding, pressing, and moving the clothing supported and carried by the auxiliary bottom, that is rotated by the 'vibratory motions of the reciprocating motions o' the'pitmen 25 and 26, that suspend and actuate the pressing and rubbing boards 31.

It is obvious that the motions of the crank- Wheels 24: Will vibrate the pitmen in vertical planes and that consequently the pounders carried at their bottoms Will vibrate in a horizontal plane as required to impart intermittent rotary motion to the auxiliary bottom, at the same time clothing thereon is pressed and pounded, so that the action of the pounders is continually shifted relative to the clothing as required to thoroughly cleanse all portions thereof.

Having thus described the purpose of my invention and the Construction, arrangement, and combination of all the parts, its practical operation Will be readily understood by persons familiar With the art to which it pertains, and

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a Washing-machine, a movable flat cover for a tub and a base for operative mechanism, a post fixed on top of the cover and base, a frame having branches 'or supporting rotatable shafts, a driver-shaft having a crankhandle at one end, a bevel gear-wheel fixed to the driver-shaft, tWo short rotatable shafts in alinement With each other and on opposite sides of the driver-shaft and at right angles to the driver-shaft, small miter-gears fixed to the short shafts, crank-Wheels on the outer ends of the shafts and pitmen pivotally connected With the crank-Wheels, tWo boards rigidly connected With each other in parallel position and connected With the lower ends of alnement With each other and on opposite sides of the driver-shaft and at right angles to the driver-shaft, small miter-gears fixed to the short shafts, crank-Wheels on the outer ends of the short shafts, pitmen pivotally connected With the crank-Wheels and extended through apertures in the cover, and rubbing and pressing devices attached to the lower ends of the bars, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated. u

3. A Washing-machine, comprising a movable fiat cover 'or a tub and a base for operative mechanism, a post fixed on top of the cover and base, a frame having branches for supporting rotatable shafts, a driver-shaft having a crank-handle at one end, a bevel gear-wheel fixed to the driVer-shaft, two short rotatable shafts in alinement With each other and on opposite sides of the driver-shaft and at right angles to the driver-shaft, small miter -gears fixed to the short shafts, crank- Wheels on the ou'ter ends of the short shafts and pitmen pivotally connected With the crank-Wheels, eXtended through apertures in the cover, pounding and pressing devices attached to the lower ends of the pitmen, a tub and an auxiliary bottom having springs fixed to its under side, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

CALVIN S. PAGE.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY F. CHRISTY,` THoMAs G. ORWIG. 

